There was a time that Zelda would have been charmed by this, or a time that she wouldn’t have cared that he was drunk. That was before, though - before she was trying to convince her father that Alfred could marry her, before she had a chaperon-leash so short she could feel it chafing, before they had been actually courting as best as they were able. And she was annoyed with him, beside - still had not talked to her dog enough that she had shed her annoyance at the entire Jupiter Smith situation.
She was older now, and she had had a long week, and Alfred was drunk enough to find all of this funny.
She couldn’t go anywhere, she felt trapped in her own house and her own skin - and he was risking all of it by being here. And he thought it was funny.
”Do you have any idea what will happen if someone comes outside?” Zelda said, baffled and biting her lip and suddenly, surprisingly, unhappy with him.
She was older now, and she had had a long week, and Alfred was drunk enough to find all of this funny.
She couldn’t go anywhere, she felt trapped in her own house and her own skin - and he was risking all of it by being here. And he thought it was funny.
”Do you have any idea what will happen if someone comes outside?” Zelda said, baffled and biting her lip and suddenly, surprisingly, unhappy with him.
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AMAZING set by MJ